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��BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

��Whitnah Dec. 25,1844; she was born in Livingston Co., N. v., April 5, 1823 ; they commenced to keep house in .Jefferson Township and have since lived in it. They had two children — Henry W., born Sept 13, 1845 ; Emma R., Feb. 11, 1856. Mr. Howard has held various corporation and township offices, and his official career has been creditable and straiglitforward ; he was elected .Justice of the Peace in his township in 187U; he was iilso prominent in the society known as the " Franks," which was organized in Uellville by Rev. .John Lamb, in 1849 ; he tilled the chair as President during its existence, which was till 1855 ; mental improvement was the main feature of the body, and it was in this society that Congressman .Judge Geddes, now of Mans- field, made his tirst adventure as a speaker or debater.

KANAGA, JOHN F. He was born in Cumberland (,o., Penn., and came with his parents to Richland Co. when in his 11th year, in the spring of 1834, and set- tled where Plank's mills now stand ; he remained there until one year after marriage ; milling had been his occupation from boyhood up. He was married, March 2(j, 1846, to Sarah Donaugh, whT was born in Mercer Co, Penn., and came to Richland Co. in 1833 ; she is the oldest one of the family living, and had three brothers and one sister, two half-brothers and two half- sisters. After marriage, Mr. Kanaga ran the mill one year, and then bought a part of Section 26, on which he lias resided since, with the exception of a short time in Bellville; in 1849, he built a dwelling-house on his farm, and a barn in 1853. Mr. Kanaga and wife united with the Evangelical Church in 1849, and have done much for the advancement of the cause. One of liis sons, Amos, is now a lawyer, and Joseph is prepar- iag for the ministry. Mr. Kanaga was born .July 1, 1824; and Mrs. Kanaga in June, 1822. Chil- dren — Nancy Elizabeth, born June 22, 1847 : Elmira Jane, Dec. 24, 1849; Mary Emily, Sept. 1, 1851; Will- iam Henry, April 18, 1853 ; Amos Ream, Nov. 14, 1854: John Israel, Jan. 13, 1857; Joseph Benton, Jan. 13, 1859 ; Jeremiah Clinton, March 10, 1861, and died in the 4th year of his age.

KELLY, JOSEPH H., tinner, Bellville, Ohio; he was born in Indiana Co., Penn., Jan. 20, 1823; before his marriage, he worked at various places in Ohio, and in 1848, assisted in taking a drove of hogs to Lancas- ter Co., Penn. ; in 1849, he returned to Bellville, and commenced working in a tinshop ; in 1851, he removed to Lexington, where he remained seventeen years, and then returned to Bellville. He was married, in Bell- ville, May 29, 1852, to Harriet Baker; she was born in Windsor Co., Vt., June 12, 1831, and came to Ohio when 9 years old. J. Wesley Kelly, Mr. Kelly's old- est child was born Sept. 16, 1854.

LAFFERTY, SAMUEL, farmer; he was born in Washington Co., Penn., and brought up on a farm ; he came with his parents to Harrison Co., Ohio, where they resided from 1816 or 1817 to 1833 ; the subject of this sketch worked at the carpenter trade a few years in Harrison Co. His father tirst stopped on Sec. 16, in Jeflferson Township, and the following year (1834) located on a part of Sec. 11. On October 7, 1834, he was married to Lovina Johnston, daughter of Joseph Johnston; they commenced to keep house about two miles south of Bellville, in which locality he lived a

��number of years ; in the spring of 1878, he moved near Bellville. His first wife had one child, who was named Lovina Melissa, and was born Nov. 7, 1835 ; his second marriage was to Margaret Riddle, who was a daughter of William Riddle, and was born Jan. 15, 1818; she became the mother of the folio vving chil- dren : .John L.. born Sept. 18, 1840; Sarah E., .Jan. 2, 1842; Norman S., Sept. 12, 1843; Mary J., March 13, 1845; Ana M., Jan. 20, 1847; Josephine, Feb. 14, 1852; Eliza E., June 26, 1857; deaths— Norman died Feb. 11, 1852; Eliza E., Dec. 5, 1861, and the mother, Aug. 1, 1865; his last marriage was to Rebecca J. Miller, daughter of Samuel Miller, March 4, 1867, and one child was born, named George, Nov. 7, 1871 ; Mr. and Mrs. Lafferty are members of the Seventh Day Adventists, and he is an Elder in the church.

LAFFERTY, JOHN, was born in Washington Co., Penn., and remained with his parents till after they came to JefiFerson Township in 1833. He first married Jane Marshall ; they lived in Washington Township three years, and then moved to Marion Co., now Mor- row, and remained there nine years. The next move brought them back to the old homestead, which he has since owned, a part of Sec. 11, Jefferson Township. Farming and stock-growing have always been his occu- pation. John Lafferty was born Jan. 1, 1815. He was married March 4, 1839 ; children — Wilson was born March 31, 1846 ; John M., Nov. 28, 1847. Jane Lafferty died May 8, 1860. Mr. Lafferty was married, Oct. 7, 1861, to Mary L. Anderson, who was born Oct. 30, 1840 ; Abbie B. Lafferty was born June 15, 1863. Mr. Lafferty has lived in Bellville the past two years. He has filled the office of Township Trustee, and is a member of the Pres- byterian Church, in which he now holds official posi- tions. His first wife was, and his present wife is, a member of the same church.

LANEHART, WILLIAM A., furniture dealer, of Bellville ; is one of the most live business men of Bell- ville, and a worthy citizen. At present, he is exten- sively engaged in manufacturing furniture of nearly every class, and constantly Jias his large storeroom packed in both stories. Mr. Lanehart was born in Prussia, near the Rhine. He commenced to work at cabinet work when 15 years old as an apprentice. His employer died when he had been at the trade two years. This placed him upon his own responsibilities to find work, and he labored in the principal cities of Germany — Frankfort, Hamburg, Cologne and other places. In the fill of 1847, he left the old country and came direct to Mansfield. Failing to find a situation there, he came to Bellville, and succeeded in getting work with H. Cowen. He remained with him three months, and then formed a partnership with J. Philips. This arrangement continued one and a half years, at the end of which time Mr. Lanehart commenced to manage a business for himself. In 1865, he discontinued the fur- niture business on account of ill health, and the next year moved on a farm about one mile east of Bellville. He remained on this farm about six years, and then purchased another, a part of Sec. 13, on which he lived five years. In 1876, he again opened a furniture store in Bellville, and, in 1877, built his fine store- room. After Mr. Lanehart arrived in this part of the country, he became greatly discouraged, and would

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